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Can Artificial Intelligence help find alien intelligence?
In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), we’ve often looked for signs of intelligence, technology and communication that are similar to our own. But as astronomer and SETI trailblazer Jill Tarter points out, that approach means searching for detectable technosignatures, like radio transmissions, not searching for intelligence. Now scientists are considering whether artificial intelligence (AI) could help us search for alien intelligence in ways we haven’t even thought of yet.
Want to build a Moon base? Easy, just print it
Multi-dome lunar base being constructed, based on the 3D printing concept. Once assembled, the inflated domes are covered with a layer of 3D-printed lunar regolith by robots to help protect the occupants against space radiation and micrometeoroids. Image: ESA Planetary Resources, a company hoping to make asteroid mining into a trillion dollar industry, earlier this year unveiled the world’s first 3D printed object made from bits of an asteroid.
Why we don't trust robots
Robots raise all kinds of concerns. They could steal our jobs, as some experts think. And if artificial intelligence grows, they might even be tempted to enslave us, or to annihilate the whole of humanity. Robots are strange creatures, and not only for these frequently invoked reasons. We have good cause to be a little worried about these machines. Imagine that you are visiting the Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, a museum in Paris dedicated to anthropology and ethnology.
Pourquoi socialisons-nous avec les robots ?
L’inquiétude vous gagne. À mesure que votre tête se tourne, et que votre vue devient plus nette, ce sentiment se précise. Vous réalisez qu’il s’agit d’un robot humanoïde ; le robot Berenson, appelé ainsi en référence à l’historien de l’art Bernard Berenson, et qui a été conçu par le roboticien Philippe Gaussier (ETIS) et l’anthropologue Denis Vidal (IRD) dans le cadre de l’expérimentation qu’ils conduisent avec le soutien du musée depuis 2012.
Don't stray into the uncanny valley of the robot kind
Robots raise all kinds of concerns. They could steal our jobs, as some experts think. And if artificial intelligence grows, it might even be tempted to enslave us, or to annihilate the whole of humanity. Robots are strange creatures, and not only for these frequently invoked reasons. We have good cause to be a little worried about the rise of the machines. VIDEO Imagine that you are visiting the Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, a museum in Paris dedicated to anthropology and ethnology.
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